Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

στρεπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: στρεπτός στρεπτή στρεπτόν

Structure: στρεπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: stre/fw의 분사형

Sense

  1. flexible, pliant, of chain-armour, pliant, twined, wreathed
  2. a collar of twisted or linked metal
  3. a twist or roll
  4. to be bent or turned, may be turned, a glib, pliant
  5. bent, curved

Examples

  • στρεπτὴ γὰρ γλῶσσ’ ἐστὶ βροτῶν, πολέεσ δ’ ἔνι μῦθοι, φησὶν Ὅμηροσ αὐτόσ, παντοῖοι, ἐπέων δὲ πολὺσ νομὸσ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 83:1)
  • στρεπτὴ δὲ γλῶσσ’ ἐστὶ βροτῶν, πολέεσ δ’ ἔνι μῦθοι παντοῖοι, ἐπέων δὲ πολὺσ νομὸσ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα. (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 23:5)
  • καὶ πρὶν Ὅμηρον, στρεπτὴ δὲ γλῶσσ’ ἐστὶ βροτῶν, πολέεσ δ’ ἔνι μῦθοι· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 13:7)

Synonyms

  1. flexible

  2. a twist or roll

  3. bent

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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